Combination adjustable mop and brush holder



Nov. 17, 1931. F. N. GILBERT COMBINATION ADJUSTABLE MOP AND BRUSH HOLDERFiled Jan.

I HIIIIHIIIIIIIHIXIIIINIH!IIIIIIIIIIWIHMIIIIlllllllllili"IllllI||||llIllllINIIIINIIIIIIIHIITIIIll M'M W SvwzmtozPatented Nov. 17, 193i UNITED STATES FRANK N. GILBERT, F BINGHAIMTOIINEW YORK COMBINATION ADJIJ'STABLE MOP AND BRUSH HOLDER Application filedJanuary 19, 1928. Serial No. 247,987.

This invention relates to improvements in combination mop and brushholders adapted for washing, brushing, waxing, and cleaning base boardsand floors.

An object of the invention is the provision of an implement of the abovecharacter consisting of a head adapted to be held in a substantiallyvertical position by means of a handle during use and provided withclamping means capable, when not employed for holding a mop, of beingused for supporting a brush or like cleaning implement in such positionthat it may be conveniently and advantageously used.

18 Another object of the invention is to provide an implement of thischaracter in which the head is extensible vertically to accommodate atits side edges, mops, brushes, or the like, of varying lengths. With theforegoing objects outlined and with other objects in view which willappear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novelfeatures hereinafter described in detail, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawings wherein an approved embodiment of theinvention is illustrated Fig. 1 is a rear elevation of the device;

Fig. 2 is an edge elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of amodification' Fig. 4 is a top plan view of such modification' Fig. 5 isa perspective view of a brush constructed' in accordance with theinvention removed from the head or holder. I

In this combination device, A (Figs. 1 and f2) designates the mop headwhich is preferably formed of a metal sheet having its side edges bentto form jaws 2, 2. These jaws 2, 2 cooperate with the yielding jaws 3, 3which are hinged to the plate as 1ndicated at 4 in the modification(Figs. 3 and 4). When used as a mop, suitable mopmaterial (not shown)may be placed between the jaws and be held by the latter, and eachyielding jaw is provided with tongues or 5 handles 5, 5 (as in themodification), havover the flow bythe operator.

the latter, as before described. The adjacent plate a, has connected toits lower edge,

ing frictional contact with flat springs Y, shown in'Figs. 3 and 4, tobe used by the operator in'manipul'ating the mop jaws 3, 3cooperatingwith jaws 2, 2. The lower edge of the mop head is providedwith the roll- .55 ers 6, 6' to carry the mop head as it is used Ahandle bracket 7 of sheet metal is attached to the rear faceof the mophead by any suitable means, and carries a pivotally mounted handlesocket 8, to which the mop handle 9 is connected. The handle 9 maybeadjusted laterally on the bracket 7 and may be fixed in its adjustedposition by means of a pin (not shown) which engages one or the other ofthe holes l1 in the bracket7.

' In the modified form of my device, the mop head is formed of twoadjacent metal sheets a, a, one sheet a having, its-edges bent to formjaws 2a, 2a, that cooperate with the yielding jaws 3c, 3a,'which'arealso connected to the same plate aby the hinges 4; and

'when used as a mop, suitable mop material may be placed between thejaws and held by the rollers 6a, to carry this united mop head as it isused over the floor by the operator,

the rollers forming the rotary support for the combined vertical mophead. The front plate a bearing the springs Y, Y, and jaws 3a, 3a and2a, 2a, has within it, a vertical slot 17, to receive a bolt having athumb nut 16,

the head of'the bolt being secured to the front plate a. In this manner,when it is desired to adjust vertically the position of the plate aandjsaid, jaws 2a, 2a, and 3a, 3a, in relation to plate a, and to theheight of the vertical. base board'surface, it is accomplished byloosening the thumb nut 16 and the front plate a, with the jaws mountedthereon, can

be raised, and by tightening the thumb nut 16,,the jaws 2a, 2a, and 3a,3a are held ina raised adjustedtposition, and in this manner, t.

when used as a wiper for base boards or wall 95 surface, the wiping jpressure and surface contact may be adjusted as to height.

1 As a further part of my combined invenv tion vwhen used as a scrubbingorwaxing device, I have the rectangular brush holder having the top D,and vertical sides 12, projecting downward from the top D, the loweredge of sides 12 are turned inward, forming the turned in flanges 13.

As a further part of the device, I have mounted on said brush holder,the vertical projecting arms 1a, 14, spaced apart and so positioned asto enter the opening formed between the jaws of the mop head, and withthis sliding grip the head and brush holder may be moved toward oneanother until the roller 6, 6 rest upon the top D of the brush holder,and there removably held, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. On the outeredge of the brush holder D, I have one or more screw pins 15, adjustedto enter or engage the head of the brush E as shown in the drawings,which brush E has slidable contact with brush head I), and so mountedand positioned, the combination device is adapted to be moved along thefloor or other horizontal surface by means of the handle 9, the jawsgrasping the vertical arms 14, upon the brush holder, and moving thebrush in contact within the floor surface. lVhen not in use for brushingpurposes, the jaws may be opened and the brush holder released from themop head, and mop material inserted in the jaws, and the device used formopping as before.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, andadvantages of the invention may be readily understood, and I am awarethat changes may be made in the details disclosed, without departingfrom the spirit of the invention, as expressed in the claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and for which Idesire Letters Patent is as follows:

1. A brush comprising a flat head adapted to assume a vertical position,clamping jaws at each vertical edge of the head, a brush holder disposedbeneath the head and on which the head rests, means carried by the brushholder detachably engaging with the clamping jaws, and a brush carriedby the brush holder.

2. A device of the character described comprising a head Verticallypositioned and having a hinged cooperating jaw formation on eachvertical outer edge thereof, and a brush holder having spaced armsprojecting upwardly from the brush holder for detachable engagement withthe jaws.

3. A device of the character described comprising a head composed of twoparallel adjacent adjustable plates, one slotted and slidable relativeto the other and having a stationary and a hinged spring operated jawformation on each vertical edge thereof, guiding and clamping meansmounted in the adjacent plate and passing through the slot in the firstplate for controlling the vertical movement of said adjacent plate,abrush holder adapted to receive a brush, spaced arms projecting fromthe brush holder and removably supported within the jaws of the plottedplate and a handle mounted on the lead.

4:. A device of the character described comprising a holding body havingoppositely disposed jaws, a brush holder, spaced apart verticallydisposed arms on the top thereof adapted for engagement with said jawsand means for adjustably holding a brush body horizontally in the brushholding member.

5. A device of the character described, comprising a substantiallyvertical head plate having a handle attached thereto, a jaw formed oneach vertical edge of said plate, movable jaws cooperating with the jawsformed on the plate, a brush holder having vertically projecting armsclamped between the jaws of the head.

I11 testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

FRANK N. GILBERT.

